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FatalityOutcome: FatalHypothermia

Fatality — Mount Washington, ~1928

·Mount Washington·Pinkham Notch Road (unplowed in winter)

Berlin, NH

Elmer Lyman froze to death in April 1928 while walking the then-unplowed Pinkham Notch road in winter conditions.

Contributing factors

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